上個世紀4 0年代初,美國在新墨西哥州洛斯阿拉莫斯秘密進行了世界上第一顆原子彈的研制。本劇聚焦投身于這場科學研究中的科學家們——他們才華橫溢,卻也遍身缺陷。除了要與時間競賽,還要艱難地在秘密、謊言 和他們身后脆弱的家庭關系間尋找平衡。
From this expanse of solitude, a great secret is soon to be revealed to the whole of man.
At the dawn of 1945, great minds toil sleeplessly.
Their tools-- the very principles of the universe. Their aim-- nothing less than a lasting peace for the world entire.
It would be a hulking task for a deity. But these are not gods. These are mortals. These are men. They have hopes and dreams, needs and desires. They have fears and misgivings for what the future may hold.
They are the makers of a coming history we are all headed toward.
History is too often not what happened, but what was recorded. A lie set down on paper with wet ink becomes a truth when dry.
Such is the case of this history, here in the quiet desert. Here we find men whose achievements will be snatched for the glory of others, whose sacrifices will be forgotten as detritus. The cleanest telling would draw one great man in whom we could find a teachable narrative, an exemplar of what, should we give it our all, we could become.
But those stories are myths. This is, as best I understand, that honest story. It is not simple, and few emerge untarnished. It is a story of the unknowable future and all the gnarled turns the present takes on its journey toward the world of tomorrow.
The show has some of the most ambitiously creative depictions of scientists I've seen in a work of fiction. This alone qualifies for the five-star. The speech by Frank mid-season about why continuing to build the bomb was evil, right before FDR died, and the one given by Charlie in the penultimate episode as a reply, about why a demonstration of evil was necessary, are some truly powerful writing.
Some flaws:
1. The mixing of real and fictional characters can be a bit bizzare. The show did not seem to figure out what to do with the real larger-than-life character of Robert Oppenheimer. There's plenty of biographical material to make up for it now. Let's hope Christopher Nolan does a good job.
2. The character of Liza Winter, Frank's wife, is a creative failure. You can tell that the writers tried to give her story, plenty of lines, plenty of screen time, but it just didn't work. It also did not help that they cast a British actress with a half-baked American accent for the role. I have a good ear for stuff like this. More of a curse than a blessing.
3. In fact, Liza ties in to a bigger problem: although Helen Prins and Frank's daughter had some interesting moments in the show, overall the female characters were just not written well. I understand the creative choice to make women interesting in a period drama by focusing on how some are finding ways to independence and feminism, but there seems to be a lack of imagination as to what those ways can be. Mad Men has been done before, and we don't need another one.
4. For all the talk of "The Gadget," the clearly not-so-cheap set and props, the show never really showed us that many gadgets of the era. For example, the "IBM machines" they kept referring to during the first season; even the desert itself, surely could've been featured more to have some say in the broad theme of "man and nature," right? I don't know, it could be that I associate the New Mexico desert a bit too much with modern classics like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Show creator Sam Shaw did say he knows what story a third season would tell, but it also sounds like he does not expect there'll ever be a chance for it. I hope after he retires at a ripe old age, maybe he can turn it into a novel?
這部劇正如同字幕組翻譯那樣,風格既有歷史感,也題材新穎,雖然科學家的研究探討比較少,主要題材偏重于科學家私生活以及人倫道德觀念探討,但是還是不錯的一部美劇:
在廣袤無垠的荒漠上,一個巨大的秘密即將展露于人世間。1945年初,優(yōu)秀的科學家們徹夜無眠。他們的工具——宇宙最基本的法則。他們的目標——僅僅是為了世界的永久和平。這原本是神明都難以完成的龐大任務??伤麄儏s不是神。他們是凡人。他們是蕓蕓眾生中的一員。他們有希望和夢想,有需求和欲望。他們對全然不可知的未來有恐懼和擔憂。他們是我們所盼望的即將來臨的歷史的締造者。歷史往往不在于發(fā)生了什么,而在于記錄了什么。謊言陳列紙上,墨跡一干,即成真相。這就是在這片寧靜的沙漠中的歷史,偉大學者的成就會被他人以榮譽為名竊取,他們的犧牲會被如瓦礫般忘卻。毫無瑕疵的故事會將偉人描述成教科書式的人物,一個我們愿意傾盡所有,努力成為的榜樣。但那些故事都是虛構的神話。而這,在我看來,才是最真實的故事。它并不平凡,其中鮮有完人。這是一個關于不可知的未來的故事,所有這些蜿蜒曲折會讓我們一步步走向明天的世界。
From this expanse of solitude, a great secret is soon to be revealed to the whole of man. At the dawn of 1945, great minds toil sleeplessly. Their tools -- the very principles of the universe. Their aim -- nothing less than a lasting peace for the world entire. It would be a hulking task for a deity. But these are not gods. These are mortals. These are men. They have hopes and dreams, needs and desires. They have fears and misgivings for what the future may hold. They are the makers of a coming history we are all headed toward. History is too often not what happened, but what was recorded. A lie set down on paper with wet ink becomes a truth when dry. Such is the case of this history, here in the quiet desert. Here we find men whose achievements will be snatched for the glory of others, whose sacrifices will be forgotten as detritus. The cleanest telling would draw one great man in whom we could find a teachable narrative, an exemplar of what, should we give it our all, we could become. But those stories are myths. This is, as best I understand, that honest story. It is not simple, and few emerge untarnished. It is a story of the unknowable future and all the gnarled turns the present takes on its journey toward the world of tomorrow.
小時候讀《恐懼的總和》,覺得湯姆克蘭西對核彈引爆的那段描寫特別無聊晦澀——又是聚變增強。又是中子反射、裂變代數之類的,整個核爆炸幾百納秒的過程硬是說了一章,初中的時候跟逼看不懂。直到掌握了一些核物理知識以后再看,覺得精彩絕倫!于是在知乎,谷歌上查“二相彈”的設計資料,剛好知乎上有個人貼出了本劇的截圖。 從第一季追到第二季,我的感覺是本劇不論從史實的演義和時代的還原、對人性的表現到演技都是一流水準。 我是邊查資料邊看的,frank winter的原型就是后來T-U構型里的“T”——“氫彈之父”泰勒。(U是烏拉姆) 在看這個劇之前,我是一個自以為是的歷史軍事迷,覺得自己知道的挺多。 諾依曼,烏拉姆等人為了模擬沖擊波和中子在核彈內傳播的方式時所使用的蒙特卡洛算法(第一季里各種一算算幾周的那種工作)——是在沒有電子計算機的時代發(fā)明的第一種有限元模擬算法。現在的大多數工業(yè)軟件還在使用 現在我還知道,CNN拍的冷戰(zhàn)紀錄片講到過曼哈頓的意義,frank那種一廂情愿想把核彈扔到無人區(qū)來嚇尿日本的做法,很可能無法在戰(zhàn)后建立穩(wěn)定的核威懾。查理是對的,只有親眼見過了魔鬼的威力,大家才會乖乖的不惹事。這點可以類比一下《三體》里的劇情。 未達臨界的核裝藥電離輻射很低(比如穩(wěn)定的貧鈾和钚,只要不吃下去,揣一塊兒玩一年都沒事),钚沒有毒.....什么是電離輻射,它損害人體的原理是什么....手機電腦發(fā)出的輻射根本不包含電離輻射,那些防輻射商品除了碘片都是為了騙你錢....等等等等 看了這部美劇,能聯(lián)想到很多自以為熟知的東西其實一無所知,不要把自己僅僅局限在自己原來的那點愛好里,而且低調做人肯定有好處。感謝那些做出決定把核彈扔到廣島長崎的人,謝謝導演和編劇,還有所有辛勤的制作人員們。在下受益匪淺! 總之,Manhattan 是很喜歡的一部劇,可惜第三季被砍了,這部劇題材雖然在二戰(zhàn)期間,故事需要你慢慢品味,這里面的角色顛覆性也是非常大的,可能會讓你改變復對奧本海默認知,但是更能讓你看到科學家不為人知的另一面故事。
增加了人物和線索之后戲劇性更強了,甚至有些過分,讓這個劇徹底成為了一個獨立于歷史之外的虛構世界。幸好還是拍到了試爆成功,雖然沒有第三季,但是至少有一個短促的休止符??上rank成為了一個搖擺不定的人,他的道德矛盾可能在這樣的背景下是合情合理的,但是削弱了第一季的硬派形象,好像成為了各種價值觀的傳聲筒。Charlie也更多地成為一種形象而非一個人物。但是,基于扣人心弦的劇情和安利本劇的意圖,還是要給五星
奧本海默被黑慘了,然而竟然不覺得OOC,真是神奇……
比上季稍遜
完全變成諜戰(zhàn)片了?然而上季僅有的專業(yè)諜戰(zhàn)大佬在第一季就[劇透]了啊,結果本季幾乎就是一群高智商政治門外漢的政治圈撕逼,真是又揪心又搞笑——最后幾集蘇聯(lián)間諜“設置實驗核彈提早引爆,把科學家都炸死”的想法太牛逼了,每次想起來都能樂呵一會兒~
一個新的太陽被制造出來,伴隨而生的是巨大的光芒和同樣巨大的陰影。而這些制造它們的人注定只屬于那片陰影。第二季加入過多戲劇化情節(jié),有些稀釋了原本厚重內斂的氣質,敘事推展不暢的同時也導致人物刻畫的豐滿有所削弱,但其深沉基調和膠著主題還是足夠吸引人,更有第5集等妙筆加成,整體仍算不俗。
其實五星都不足以表達我對第二季的熱愛。這一季完全超乎想象,比第一季好太多。每一集都是驚喜,每一句臺詞都經典。人性太復雜,這其中的任何一個人你都無法用簡單的好與壞去評價。只可惜這部片子太小眾了,看得人太少了。從最后一集來看,我覺得應該會有第三季吧。萬分期待。
Murder under a higher cause. Do you ever believe in it?這么棒的劇,為什么會被砍?!
說好的13集呢 等了一個月啊ToT
就像《權力的游戲》,以魔幻的方式復活了歷任英王來打一場玫瑰戰(zhàn)爭,這部劇其實借景曼哈頓計劃形成的諾貝爾得主集中營,展現了同儕、同囚、官與僚、兵與民、男與女、不同種族、不同國家之間的博弈,其中監(jiān)獄那場尤為精彩,比囚徒困境更復雜轉折。編劇是不是想表達:道德是一個變量?
這季可是真夠精彩的?。。?/p>
Charlie和Frank的人物弧光處理很好,前者從反對核武器到被野心吞噬費盡心思要保護自己的pet project,后者從支持研制核武器到發(fā)現了政府和軍方的陰謀,不愿再做傀儡,成為了反核武器者。就是總感覺很短,集數不夠,最后一集意猶未盡,還有很多地方感覺是沒預算了,本來可以多拍一些畫面。一些人物最后的結局也很倉促。講原子彈的部分遠比不上人物關系和諜戰(zhàn)多,我感覺抓間諜比造原子彈的進度快多了。。。
嚴重被低估的劇集之一,季終集可能就是劇終集了。
本來應該有第三季的,但是被砍了,故事雖不完整但依舊滿分
【和數學有關的影視作品45~46】美國曼哈頓計劃主要領導人為奧本海默, 原子彈成功投彈后美國發(fā)表了一份“史麥斯報告“,讓蔣介石很眼熱,也想搞原子彈,于是整了個“種子計劃”,領軍人物為物理學家吳大猷、化學家曾昭掄、數學家華羅庚。后來因內戰(zhàn)不了了之。
小男孩成功試爆的時候,如夢如幻,似地獄之火,似往生之光。混亂的一季,每個人都在搖擺與掙扎中助推著洪流,結尾卻歸于瘋狂般的“平靜”。
超喜歡這個題材
和第一季相比造原子彈的過程被削弱,斗智斗勇的戲份有增加,但是人物塑造反而覺得單薄, 沒有第一季那么真實了?依然最喜歡Paul Crosley,現實又聰明的一個人。
每個細節(jié)都很精彩。
絕對的滄海遺珠,喜歡看嚴肅劇情的人不要錯過
第二季比第一季還要揪心
原子彈之父奧本海默玩忽職守,出軌淫亂;主要項目領導科學家之間勾心斗角,栽贓陷害,妻女們則出軌搞基,玩換妻游戲;軍隊隨便抓人,殺人后偽造證據,監(jiān)聽,刑訊。編劇筆下的曼哈頓計劃主要實驗室可與納粹集中營媲美,偷襲珍珠港也成了內外勾結的產物。顛覆觀眾認知可以,拿出點兒史實證據來,靠瞎編不行吧。
#私人影記# 那一天他們造了一個太陽。特別喜歡這類小眾歷史劇,它讓核聚變、中子反射、裂變代數等變得親切可愛。frank那種一廂情愿想把核彈扔到無人區(qū)來嚇尿日本的做法,很可能無法建立穩(wěn)定的核威懾。也許查理是對的,只有親眼見識過魔鬼的威力,大家才會乖乖的不惹事。